Chelyabinsk meteorite nearly brought down the plane

Source: RBC (Russia)

New details have become stories with the Ural meteorite. Celestial body, caused the damage to the Chelyabinsk region billion, nearly brought down the plane, coming to the gate.

"When approaching Chelyabinsk, already on the decline, were preparing for landing and saw a bright glow to starboard" - told the NTV crew commander liner Bombardier CRJ-200 Tatarstan Airlines "Ak Bars Aero" Alexander Arkhipov.

According to the co-pilot of a celestial body heat scorched his face. However, he had noticed that the car is divided into several chapters.

"Look, he broke into three pieces. Later I saw these huge chunks. They all flew to the side, burning," - says the co-pilot Sergei Kotov.

Both pilots emphasize that this catastrophe on Earth looked quite different. They are currently studying the video and witnesses, according to their surprised that the meteorite did not prevent the landing of the aircraft.

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Read more: http://top.rbc.ru/incidents/18/02/2013/845564.shtml

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Translated from Russian by Google.

Came across the story at http://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=31118.msg1014318#msg1014318
where they're also discussing electrophonic sounds from meteors and spacecraft.